50 years ago . . . one might occasionally hear of such things. And it wasn't because folks were not in touch with what was going on. It was an even
smaller town. Considering the whole situation, all the police were known to major chunks of the town.

That is . . . this chunk, social network, set of friends and relatives would know this groups of LEO's. Those over there would know that group. etc.
And the whole of the force was known. None of them could really get away with much without the whole town knowing in relatively short order.

Now, the town is still relatively small but in the 10's of thousands. The LEO's are much more numerous. I suspect that our conservative area has a
pretty decent force and that the corruption of some decades past is either largely gone or more hidden.

But I've had LEO's in my classes. And they have talked about things changing. They sound like it is due, in their views, to the FEDERAL mandates and
militarizations coming down through the FEDERAL influences, monies, demands.

It depends on the background of service. There is still good conditioning in the military, at least in the Navy and Marine Corps. I know that an Army
General and Marine Corps General will never view the world and the Constitution the same way.

I knew a MAC, that is Master of Arms(Navy Cop) chief, who would not let his subordinates enter his office unless they could recite the Preamble to the
Constitution.

It bothers me that all cops have the Miranda Law memorized, yet most can not recite the Preamble.

A imagine Police brutality is far more prevalent these days due to TPTB having to control the masses with greater and greater force because of the
general increase of discontent of our populations.

Is it any wonder that we seem to have created a new form of totalitarian foot soldier willing to enforce the will of our oppressive governments who
seemingly wish nothing more than to remove our basic freedoms on a daily basis, inch by bloody inch?

I certainly agree that

THAT is likely a significant chunk of why and what is going on.

Of course, the thugs at the top perpetuate thugishness like breathing and like bunnies breeding. It's their NATURE.

And folks lower down quickly sense what the new 'rules' and 'expectations' are.

Confirmation bias plays a big part. People/members who distrust or hate the police are often the same ones searching YT for videos to post on ATS.
They are also often the same ones posting in anti-police threads. They're often so focused on how bad *all* the police are that they cannot conceive
that bad cops are in the tiny minority and most of the ~750 000 US officers aren't crooked.

Instead of creating huge, complex conspiracies that involves nefarious forces hellbent on terrorizing the populace...we could ask *how* bad cops get
through the system? Why are most cops decent and why are a few so unsuitable? What separates the two types?

We could look at triggers for violence in the job. Do good cops 'go bad' under pressure? Or were they psychologically unsuited for authority and
slipped the nets?

Is Internal Affairs as effective as it could be? Do the bad cops expect to get away with whatever level of violence they mete out?

Before we demonize several hundred thousand working men and women for the sins of the few, let's see if any of those rational questions
can be answered?

I'm sorry...I know there are some crappy cops, but is everyone going to ignore this post?

Cause they keep getting told to fear everyone, that everyone is going to kill or hurt them and then they act accordingly.

Because there are people out there that if a officer shows one iota of anything that could be construed as weakness they will hurt or kill them or
someone else.
I've known a few like that myself.
Little more than animals in human skin really.
And there is really no way to tell which is which.
So it's better to keep the front.

The thought occurs to me that the situation with police officers is very similar to the situation with CTers.
Both are groups of generally well meaning people that get demonized by the antics of the lesser of their co-patriots.
In that light, the situation's kinda ironic.

1. I believe that a percentage do "go bad under the pressure." Stress has a way of unraveling ATTACHMENT DISORDER issues that are normally moderated
fairly successfully in mostly socially acceptable ways otherwise.

2. I believe that a very critical issue is that there are not a lot of great candidates and some bad apples with horrendous ATTACHMENT DISORDER
issues, inner seething rage issues; arrogance issues; !!!CONTROL!!! FREAK issues etc. get through the screening and training . . . partly, probably
because a lot of that hides very well in the Macho meme and style.

3. Yes, there are lots of wonderful LEO's YEA FOR THAT. They need and deserve our vigorous support and affirmation whenever we have the chance.

4. Nevertheless, the scary ones are scary indeed . . . and very destructive to innocents and to society.

1. I believe that a percentage do "go bad under the pressure." Stress has a way of unraveling ATTACHMENT DISORDER issues that are normally moderated
fairly successfully in mostly socially acceptable ways otherwise.

--walks like a duck
--quacks like a duck
--waddles like a duck
--flies like a duck,
--lays duck eggs,
--smells like a duck,
--poops like a duck,
--eats duckweed like a duck . . .

the label is pretty confidently assigned even from a distance.

I've NEVER, in 30+ years of counseling and teaching seen such behavior from ANYONE WITHOUT a very serious degree of attachment disorder.

But the malady is epidemic. . . . in terms of the definition being

a serious degree of attachment disorder = that lack of sufficiently quality parenting from the first 6 years of life which results in significant
persistent relationship problems the rest of their life . . .

using that definition probably 80%+ of the general population has serious degrees of attachment disorder.

In my classes . . . of 35 to 75 students . . . over the last 30 years . . . it was a very rare class when I had more than 1-3 students who FAILED to
demonstrate serious degrees of attachment disorder.

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